Family Sues Over Burial

LOCAL LOOK

The family of a man buried in 1992 at a Boynton Beach cemetary filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming their loved one was buried in the wrong plot.

The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, seeks unspecified damages and accuses the cemetary, Eternal Light Memorial Gardens, of intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract.

In the lawsuit, Bernice Seidman and her two grown children say that for more than a year they grieved by the grave they thought was that of Morris Seidman, Bernice Seidman's husband who was buried on Dec. 18, 1992.

But in December 1993, the cemetary moved the site of the unveiling of Morris Seidman's burial plaque to a different plot, according to the lawsuit.

When the family questioned cemetary officials about the inconsistency, cemetary officials "tried to cover up their actions" by altering the orginal contract agreement and preparing a new interment authorization, the lawsuit said.

Officials for the cemetary could not be reached for comment late Monday. Attempts to reach Seidman and her attorney, Douglas S. Lyons, also were unsuccessful.